DeBortolli Escort Mk2 RS2000
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Graham took the car back to Ballina where he promptly started driving the car in the “local” ATCC rounds at Surfers Paradise, Lakeside and Amaroo. Once again 18271 made it’s now annual pilgrimage to Bathurst on the first weekend in October. | Graham took the car back to Ballina where he promptly started driving the car in the “local” ATCC rounds at Surfers Paradise, Lakeside and Amaroo. Once again 18271 made it’s now annual pilgrimage to Bathurst on the first weekend in October. | ||
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| − | Entrant | + | |Date||30th September 1979 |
| − | Drivers | + | |- |
| − | Car No | + | |Entrant||De Bortoli Wines Pty Ltd |
| − | Start Position | + | |- |
| − | Lap Time | + | |Drivers||Graham Mein & Geoff Russell |
| − | Outright Position | + | |- |
| − | Class Position | + | |Car No||55 |
| − | Finish Laps | + | |- |
| − | Finish Time | + | |Start Position||41 |
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| + | |Lap Time||3min 05.8sec | ||
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| + | |Outright Position||28th | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Class Position||Run not classified (insufficient laps) | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Finish Laps||approx 100 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |Finish Time||n/a | ||
| + | |} | ||
Taken from the Hardio Ferodo – The Bathurst 1979 Book | Taken from the Hardio Ferodo – The Bathurst 1979 Book | ||
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“Second at Sandown in class, and as enthusiastic as any Queensland team entered, was the De Bortoli Wines entered multi-striped ex-Bruce Hogdson car for Graham Mein and Geoff Russell. This car would probably end the weekend with the “most frustrated” award – but this was early days. | “Second at Sandown in class, and as enthusiastic as any Queensland team entered, was the De Bortoli Wines entered multi-striped ex-Bruce Hogdson car for Graham Mein and Geoff Russell. This car would probably end the weekend with the “most frustrated” award – but this was early days. | ||
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At 2.58pm, Mein was back on 74 laps – with time running out. | At 2.58pm, Mein was back on 74 laps – with time running out. | ||
At race end, the luckless Mein/Russell Escort was still running, but with insufficient laps to qualify as a finisher. | At race end, the luckless Mein/Russell Escort was still running, but with insufficient laps to qualify as a finisher. | ||
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== 1980 == | == 1980 == | ||
